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Ch 11 MC2010
Administering Medications SGii
Question | Answer |
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should parenteral drugs be charted the same as oral medications??? | yes |
what should the charting include??? | - name of medication - dosage - route - date - site - signature of patients administered medication |
where should IM injections should be administered??? | directly into muscle tissue |
what angle the injections should be given??? | 90* IM 45* SQ 15* ID |
the 4 sites IM injections are to be given??? | - deltoid muscle - vastus lateralis - dorsogluteal - ventrogluteal |
where is the deltoid located??? | upper outer surface of upper arm |
the size of the gauge and the length of the needle for the deltoid muscle... | 23g - 25g, 5/8" - 1" |
where the vastus lateralis muscle is located??? | outer portion of upper thigh, part of quadriceps |
which site is the most commonly used site for large volume and thick medications. | dorsogluteal site |
where the SQ injection is given??? | under the skin in the fat (adipose) tissue |
the angle the SQ is given... | 45* |
what angle a SQ is given if administering heparin or insulin??? | 90* |
how long and why a patient should remain in the office after medication is given?? | 10 min, to check for allergic reactions |
this method is used to administer med when med is irritating to SQ tissue or med may discolor the skin. | z-track method |
when an intradermal injection is used | for allergy testing |
what test is used for TB testing . | mantoux test |
if redness at the skin site is a positive reaction | is negative, redness is a normal skin reaction |
some medication routinely administered IV??? | - chemotherapy meds - rheumatoid arthritis med - antibiotics - monoclonal antibodies - analgesics |
common therapeutic blood product uses as IV therapy | immunoglobulin |
what "rights" to check when checking the doctors order. | - right patient - right solution - right drug - right technique - right route |
reason(S) immunizations are given. | to decrease susceptibility to disease |
protein substances produced by lymphocytes in the spleen, lymph nodes tissue and bone marrow | antibodies |
body's antibodies to fight off the cause of a disease. | immunity |
how many doses of diphteria are given??? | 5 doses |
respiratory disease transmitted by bacterium directly or indirectly contact, most common in children under 4 yrs of age | pertussis |
pertussis is also known as .... | whooping cough |
disease of the nervous system, bacterium enters the body through a break in skin, s/s are fever, high BP, muscle spasms. | tetanus |
what is the most common type of hepatitis??? | hepatitis A |
how hep A is spread ??? | through contact/eating/drinking contaminated food or water. |
how hep B is spread??? | through contact w/ contaminated serum in blood transfusions/ needles/ instruments |
what does the MMR vaccine protects children from ??? | measles, mumps, rubella |
the common name for varicella is.... | chickenpox |
virus spread through contact w/feces of an infected person. | polio |
the two types of polio vaccines are.... | - inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) - oral polio vaccine (OPV) |
what other testing is done ID other than TB???? | allergy skin testing |